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Smyrna times., 1887-06-15

of age he is apparently as tough and
vigorous as one of his native pine trees.
He is a good representative of old Diri-
go.
During a game of base ball at Marble
head. Massachusetts, Monday after
noon. Smith Billings and Joseph ThOmp-
son. while running to catch ball, coll
ided with great force. Billings had his
frontal hone crushed in and was terri
bly gashed on one side Of the head, and
his condition is critical. ThOmp son
was also badly injured and was in5en5i-
BILE at last accounts.
Mrs. Annie Grilliths of No. 627 South
Nineteenth street, Philadelphia, on Sat
urday cut the throat of her daughter
Mable, aged 9 years; Mrs. Griffiths was
found by her sister, who had burst open
the bath room door, bending over the
dead body of her child, holding razor,
in her hand. The sister tried to get
the razor, but Mrs. GrilIiiths cut her
fingers and then cut her own throat :
she was insane.
If the great ocean steamers keep on
breaking the record of time in crossing
the Atlantic, trip over to Europe in a
short time will be of no more cOnsequ'
ence than a railroad trip to California.
Here is the steamer Umbria of the Gun
ard Line that has just made the passage
| from Queenstown 10 Sunday Hook
2,848m miles, in six days, four hours and
twelve minutes, beating the Etruria by
one hour and twenty-fOur minutes
The Umbria made the unprecedented
record of 1911 nautical miles an hour, &
speed only before attained at short dis
| tances.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15
A Plague of snails.

We have on the Peninsula insect
plaques of all kinds this spring but
here is one from the hilly country
north of us, so far as we know that has
not made its appearance in this latti-
tude, and quite as extraordinary as
any that we have. An exchange saws
The entire lower portion Of Centre
county, Pa, is at present plagued by a
most extraordinary visitation of snails
or garden slugs. They come from
their hiding places in crevices, under
board walks, stones, &c, only at night,
and they cover the roads and walks by
the million. In Penn's Valley and
Rlepmfeld and the surrounding coun-
try they have eaten every growing
thing in their path. Some gardens
have been entirely destroyed. Morn
ings after warm nights, walks and roads
are literally covered with the slum
these insects leave in their trails and
by bushels of dead snails that have
been crushed by pedestrians and wag-
ons. Lime, Paris green, salt and other
insect destrOyers have been scattered
literally where the snails travel and
feed, but they have had no effect on
them. The singular part of this pla-
que is that no inscts of the kind were
ever known to be in the county before.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15

NO commercial event for some time
has caused the general satisfaction as
the bursting of the boom in the prices
of coffee which occurred ON Monday
1t was gotten up by a syndicate of cof-
fee merchants who by misuse of in
formation got up a corner in the prices
and made themselves rich, while others
VINO were trying as hard to profit bv
lhe Information have been made hank
rupt. The tumble on Monday in New
York Of 4l2OOO bags, to III cents per
pound, with the result that a good
many dealers, or spectators. who
could not stand from under ia time. got
hurt. For some months past coffee
has been selling a great deal too high
as a result Of manipulations of the
market, and conservative buyers have
been predicting turn. At one time If
was said that the next crop would be
snort. This continued to be the story
until the bulls turned to be bears when
all at once it was extraordinarily large.
The consumer will welcome the return
to more reasonable prices. By artifi-
cial stimulation the price was pushed
up in few months from s to % cents a
pound. The break was that was sure
TO come sooner or later came Monday ::
price dropped cents, and four firms
we're forced to suspend. This is the
result Of speculation. pure and simple,
and speculation Of the Uorst sort-in
food products.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15
$lOO,OOO Extra Business in juno

There seems to be no end to the am
bitiOn and enterprise of Wauamaker &
Brown.
What other clothing house in the
country would think of such a thing
as trying to get 100000 extra of bust
ness in a single month? 1t sounds
like a big business for year-let alone
a month.
Think of getting $25 Suits for from
$l5 to SIT, and Young Mems Suits at
$40, and Boys Suits at IS, and Chill
dren's Suits at 81, the very best.
1t isn't to be denied that a man could
make round trip to Philadelphia, and
save money into the bargain. when he
can get Oak Hall Clothing at any such
prices as those.
And it's doing its work-this cut in
prices The customers didn't hardly
seem to have had time to more than
read the advertisement in the city
papers till they began tOlOok up" those
Suits at Oak Hall"
And they found what they were
after. There's one thing about Wana-
maker & Brown you can depend on
when they advertise anything as a bar
gain they have it. You'll not go there
and come away without seeing that
their advertisement is true to the very
letter.
It'll not do to let the city folks have
all the good things just because they're
so near Oak Hall.
Why wouldn't it do to get up a bar
gain-hunting party to go to Oak Hall
and get share of the goods that they
are talking so strongly about?
But the clOthes-buying party had
better be made up quick, or else let
every one make trip to the city on
his own account, and get his share of
the profits from the " Bargain Sale"
while the goods are plenty.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15

The troubles over the Irish question
in the British Parliament seem to be
approaching an issue for good or for i'll.
The news from across the water states
that the majority in Parliament have
made up their minds to end debate on
the Coercion bill. Next Friday
night is named as the time for taking
the final vote upon the measure. Tell
ing arguments against such a course
were made by Mr.. Gladstone, Mr..
Parnell and others, who pointed out
that a bad precedent was being estab-
lished, and insisted on the right of full
debate. Their efforts came to nothing
the closure was applied and debate on
Mr.. Smiths motion was cut off. The
bill was sure to pass anyway but the
course of the Government cannot he
regarded as the wisest open to them.
The Gladstone-Parnell party seem
determined to make an issue with the
Salisbury Ministry that the latter have
weak foreign policy not in keeping
with the dignity of the government
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15
News Items.

Governor Torres, of Sohara. has is.
sued a proclamation offering reward
of $500 for the head of each bus,iIo
Apache Indian.
Snow fell in the Peaks of Otter. in
Southern Virginia, on Saturday morn
ing. 1t is the first snow since 1858 90
late in the season.
Bernhardt's pet tiger cat bit two
walters in Chicago hotel one dav last
week Bernhardt thought it was a aioke.
but the walters will sue for damages
Sixty-four cadets were graduated
from West Point on Saturday Francis
Il. Skunk Of PENNSYLVANIA stood frst
and colored cadet Alexander thirty-sec
ond.
In the Jake Sharp trial in New York
about everybody in the city has been
tried except Sharp. Four weeks have
been spent in an unsuccessful effort to
get jury.
Five of the eight immense BUILDINGS
used by the Havemeyer Sugar Refining
Company at Greenpoint, l.. L. were
burned Coe Lea early Saturday morning loss,
Sl,OOO,OOO.
There is a IT, ght race between the
Sharp jury in New York and the eleva-
ted railroad in Philadelphia to see
which will be completed first. The odds
are in favor of the railroad.
Mrs Albert Brooks of Juniata. III.
vent to Denver last fall to take posses
sion OF an estate Qf$S0,Q00, left her bv
an uncle she Is now said to be in the
hands OF kidnappers, who have secured
$4,000 of her money and are determin-
ed 10 get it all.
Those who have trade dollars and
have not yet had them redeemed. should
attend to the matter of redemption
speedily. After July /, 1887, thew will
not be honored by the Government. |
ana all out after that time will be worth !
only their weight in bullion.
The position taken by Secretary Bay
ara with reference to the question of
" assisted immigration" is sound and
sensible and reveals a certain frmness
which is both surprising and refreshing.
The best we can wish for Mr. Bayardis
that he will stick to Philadelphia
Press
The east wind Of the past four days
has driven the gulf water upon all rice
fields from Lahacheto the quarantine
station, Louisiana, distance of about
thirty miles. If sunshine follows the
Of the foods, then not a
head of rice will be made for thirty
miles along the east bauk Of the MisIiS-
sippi. ~" 'r' ..
The death of ex-Xice President
Nheelar leaVes but one living person
who has ever occupied the position Of
Vice President Ofthe United States, and
hat is Hannibal Hanlin, of Bangor,
Maine. Although over seventy years !
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15
Bureau of Information and Distribu.
ton.

A meeting of the Local Committee OF
the Bureau was held on Saturday after.
noon last at the office of A. G. Cum.
minis. A discussion of the articles OF
the plan was had, and a harmonious in
depreciation obtained. New signatures
were added and the committee divided
into subs for district work in securing
additional membership.-COmmittee
then adjourned to meet next Saturday
at same Office at O'Clock P. NJ.
The general work of the Bureau as
directed by the President of the Execu-
tive committee, J. P. r. Polk is being
pushed rapidly and successfully
through the Peninsula. 1t looks now
as If the Bureau would be successfully
inaugurated.
Mr.. Polk is indefatigable in his
efforts. He addressed a meeting last
week at CannOn's and the growers
signed almost unanimosly.
Last Saturday rousing meeting was
held at Middletown when all the
fruit growers present Joined the
Bureau. Mr.. Folks appointments of
meetings are as follows: On Tuesday.
June 14th, at EastOn; 18th at Cam.
bridge; 10th at Still Pond, Md; 18th
at SeafOrd 21st at Georgetown: Julv
9th, at Lewis July 18th, Dover: 18th.
at FELTON, 23rd, at Milford, Del.
Dates for meetings at Centreville,
Millington, Masseys, Ridgely or Den
ton, ChesteTtOwn and Church Hill, Md.
are not yet fixed.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15
A Thrifty Section.

The section of country east of the
town usually denOminated the Necks''
there are several of them-is present.
ing at this time most hOurishing as
pect that to the eye of the observer
puts green veil over the chronic crv
of hard times" The culture of the
peach is somewhat indulged in here.
but in nothing like the same propor-
tlon as the higher and more sandy
lands, and if this crop should run very
short as it does this year, the loss is
not so serious as where it is more de-
pended on. In the legitimate farm
crops-wheat, corn, oats and hay-the
prospect is everything that any man
could reasonably expect. The wheat.
now putting on the golden look that
briefly preceedes the harvest, is looking
well in every direction, so much so that
even the farmer who prepared his
ground poorly and used a meagre sup
ply of fertilizers, has no cause to com
plain. The meek" especially reioices
in wheat, and the yield this year will
add to rather than detract from it rep
utatiOn. They hay crop with good
weather for harvesting, which is prom
lsed, must also be a profitable one !;
The fields of oats have at This time a
most luxuriant growth, while the corn
fields had an unusually good May
start that has put them along side the
more favored upland planting. To
sum it up, the Neck" looks like the
land of plenty.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15
Business Locals

After trying them all we find MOore's
Windsor Hotel the best 50 per day
house in Philadelphia, 1923 -25-27 Fill
bert Street. Ap27-3m
J. H. Primrose & Co., Real Estate
Brokers, have a few Sewing Machines
left which they offer at less than half
price. We can save you 500 on the
purchase of one machine. A good ma
chine for SO.
There can be no better Shirt than
the "Que," sold by J. B. Cooper only.
Choice Mackeral, at J. B. Cooper's.
Stoves-the best and cheapest-at
VIM. Faries', Commerce street.
STEVENSON & PEREGoY, successors
to w. H. Carr, will receive and ill all
orders for ice cream at the shortest
notice.
just received a new lot of Bronze
Hall and Ceiling Paper Will be sold
cheaper than ever was known in Smyrna
before ut Wilkinson's.
G~Pnite and Porcelain Tea and
CnanO.-I Sets, piuin and decorated, at
). b. CooDer's.
VIM. P. Smithers has now to loan on
First Mortgages on Real Estate, 81 900.
$4,000, $1,000 and $4,000.
Devoe Brilliant Oil, the best and SAT-
est oil made, at ]. B. Cooper's.
Pulpit and Family Bibles, at J. B.
CoOper's.
Asbestos Stove Innings, at VIM.
FAIRIES, Commerce Street.
Ladies, Gents and Children's Gossa-
meres, at J. B. COOper's.
Window Shades and Spring Fixtures
at j. 3. Cooper's. Loops and Fringes.
Constantly on hand large lot of
Picture Frames. Frames made tO
order at WilkinsOn's.
THE Perkins & House Non-Explos-
i've amp is the only Lamp fit to be
used among children. 1t cannot ex-
piOde or break. Sold only by J. B.
Blank Books, all Styles, Sizes and
Qualities, at J. B. CoOper's.
Table and Pocket Cutlery at J.B.
CoOper's.
Order any Book you want, at J. B.
COOper's. -
Cucumber Wood Pumps for sale bv
VIM. FAIRIES, Commerce street.
window Shades made and hung TO
order. Artists Materials and Hand
Painted Pictures at Wilkinson's.
81 IIlHn,ware, WOodenware, Lamps and
Oil Cloths, at VIM. Faries'.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15
Personal.

Mrs. M. w. Culbreth and daughter
Sue, have returned from Philadelphia
to Smyrna to spend the summer.
Miss Minnie Reed, returned from
Luthersville Seminary, near Baltimore,
last week for the summer vacation.
John Salgue, who returned to
Smyrna on Saturday for the purpose OF
getting married, took his bride with
him on Monday to Salisbury where he
has been engaged in brick manufacture
ing since the winter.
Mrs. Mary A. KINNEY who has been
residing with her daughter, Mrs. Pen.
nington, at Wistfeld, n. J., for several
years, has returned to Smyrna.
Mrs. Stillman, of Philadelphia, has
been the guest of Mrs. J. F. Clement
the past week.
Mrs. Eliza Aldred, of Milford, is Wis.
iting relatives in town.
Col. Geo. H. Raymond and Robt. D
Hofecker, left for Newark this morn
ing to attend the commencement exer
ciSes
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15
Why or Wherefore.

a eotempOrary observes: potatoes ar,
selling at W cents a bushel in this market
within cents of the price of a bushel o.
wheat. An acre of ground will produce
5OO bushels of potatoes and 30 of wheat i
There is embodied in the above a plair
question we have frequently asked. bui
never received a satisfactory answer.
why VIII farmers persist in producing
crops they admit are prOftless2 They
claim that when wheat fails to bring dol.
lar per bushel it is wasting ground to sm-
ploy 1t to its use, and while thew aFa i'm
parting this information perhaps thew are
drilling the seed into the soil If pofatoas
will return even 60 cents according to onr
cotemporary's estimate the return wouId
De S5COj while wheat, at the hign notch of
one dollar, would bring but $40 West
GroUe (Pa) Independent
Well, perhaps there may be several rea-
sons more or less good why farmers do NOT
take to raising potatoes to the exclusion of
wheat One may be that potatoes do not
make good bread. Another NAV be that If
everybody raised potatoes, they would not
Drlng one cent bushel. Another NAV be
tnat nve hundred bushels Of potatoes in a
single acre may be grown in the moon. but
very rarely in the earth. If any other rea-
son IS demandRble, il is that per-
maps farmers do not like to d" stoGp 10 con-
gueT' and producing potatoes is stoop-
ing" business ELkton Democrat.
There are a deal of good sense on
this potato question that will apnlv
with equal force to other crops. There
are some crops that now and then paw
the grower very handsOmly that would
be utterly worthless if resorted to for
general culture. SOme three months
ago we noted the fact that q farmer
near Hartley had made 1925. fFOm the
sale Of turnip greens from what he call.
ed half an acre of ground. Suppose
one farmer in ten were thus to raise
for market 625 baskets of greens, what
would they be worth in our local mar
ketsP There are many products that
can Only be raised in limited quantities
to be worth anything at all. In these
cases the demand is mostly for home
cOnsumptiOn-that is, on the farm
where grown peas, beans, onions, po-
tatoes, white and sweet, &c. Our
agriculture is thus, including fruit,
stock, poultry, eggs, &C., as varied as it
can well be and yet fresh editors, we
Mean editors new to the agricultural
Interests and products of this section
like those of the SmyPnG Record and
Middletown Transcript anndunGe that
the farmers must have new and diver.
siied agriculture with the zest of O
new discovery with Millions in it,
AZ tEe editors Of the Peninsula hadn't
Tor a quarter OF century before gone
over the same ground time an6 egain,
they might get out q patent right on
their dlscovefy
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15

and Distribution, as explained in detail
by Messrs. Polk and Martin on Satur-
day. does not appear to be the imprac-
ticable and visionary project which
some have seen fit to call it, That it is
an enormous undertaking no one can
doubt. but that it is entirely feasible is
also obvious from Mr.. POlk's lucid expla-
nations, published in another column OF
this journal this morning. The union
of the five thousand growers Of the
Peninsula is the most arduOus task at
present, but if Messrs. Polk and Mar
tin continue as they have begun the
union will be practically complete by
July 1st. Another difficulty will be to
find the right map for the place of dis
tributOr or manager of the bureau. In
its beginning almost everything will
depend upon this man. Morning Ne'Cs
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15

DELAWARE is having a fishery trouble
with our neighbOring commonwealth
across the bay, like the q. S. Govern
ment is having with the saucy Domin-
ion on the other side of the St. Law
renee. Delaware, like the general
Government, is, however, very patient,
awaiting results very calmly, perhaps
too calmly for the imperturable "Jer-
sey Blues" who essay to regard terri
torial limitations Of a State under
water as belonging to the inhabitants
thereof, as repugnant to their constitu-
tlonal rights, and Governor Green has
written an open letter declaring his in
tention to protect the rights of all New
Jersey fishermen.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15

The idea of sudden riches seems to
possess all great spectators. 1t was
this class of dealers that got up a cor
ner " in Chicago, having in their pos
session, it is said, 100000 bushels of
wheat and control of the markets for
months. until the past few days. Good
news from the country of prospective
large crops broke their hold, and in
four days, from June the 7th to the
llth, the price fell cents per bushel.
In the same way coffee was forced to
an exorbitant price, and fell in one
day six cents per pound, and a SINH
lar advance was made in cotton of .
cents per pound, which likewise prom
ises a large yield.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15

Mr.. POwDERLY, in an address last
week at Lynn, Massachusetts, talked
boldly against the drink evil as the
greatest evil to the labOring man. The
larger part of the wages of the laboring
men in the cities goes to the saloons.
The Anti-Poverty Society could not
have a better rallying motto for the
next campaign, if they want to liberate
those who are in the direst slavery,
than the abolition Ofthe evil of drink
as the first step in the direction of the
abolition of poverty.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15
State Medical Society.

The State Medical Society met in
this town yesterday-their annual ses-
sion-to the number of between fortv
and fifty, and made quite an imposing
appearance. They organized at the
Town Hall, after the arrival of the
down train. The President, DR.. VIM.
G. Marshall, of Milford, took the chair,
DR.. Layton, of Georgetown, acting as
Secretary. At one o'clock thew retired
to the Smyrna House, where a sump-
tuOus dinner awaited them, covers be-
ing laid for tOrty-twO persons. At the
afternoon session DR.. Wilson, of Dover,
read paper on pneumonia, followed
by DR.. Barton, of Philadelphia and DR.,
Stewart who likewise read papers of in
terest to the profession. DIR. Hopkins
was elected President for the succeed
ing year. Among those present were,
from New Castle county; Drs. Hamil-
ton, Stewart, Mckay, Snitcher, Val
landingham, EnOs, Wood, Mckee,
Skinner. Kent; Drs. Pratt. VIM.
Marshall, VIM. G. Marshall, Wilson
Bishop, E. Dawson, E. w. Cooper, w
d. Cooper, Lewes, Owens, Collins
Hirons, Ashcraft and Clifton. Sussex
Ellegood, Layton, Hopkins.
Drs. Barton and Hearn of Philadel.
phia, were also present as honorary
members. They departed for their
homes on the evening trains.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15

THE Socialists who have their head
quarters at Chicago, like the George
McGlynn-Anti-Poverty party of New
York, are preparing to enter the politi-
cal arena on national issues. A call
has been issued by the national execu-
tive board for convention to be held
some time in September, at which all
the individual sections are to be repre-
sented. The call is at present being
submitted to a vote to several sections.
Smyrna times., 1887-06-15
An Agricultural Query.
Says an exchange :
MI - ,

Says an exchange:
When the farmer has finished put
ting Paris green on his potato and to.
matO vines and helebore on his currant
and gOoseberry bushes, and fish oil and
soap on his asparagus, and plOwed a
furrOw around his grass and wheat to
keep out army worms, and shot the
buzzards stealing his chickens and the
birds in the corn field and on his cherry
trees, he sits down and wonders what
will kill the chinch bugs, and the cut
worms in his corn, and the curculio on
his grapes, and the lice on his lettuce
and the ground rot in his sweet DO
tato field, and the apple worm and the
pear blight and the Hessian fy and the
rust on wheat. What time has he to
spare he spendsint trying to keep his farm
in order, but the colt always goes lame
just as it reaches the age when it will
sell best, and the COW has the hollow
horn just when milk is highest. and the
hogs and chickens get the cholera, and
the lambs are never born until the bot
tom is all knocked out of the spring
lamb market. What fun is there in
farming anyway?
And yet we heard one of our town
business men in the worry and per-
plexity and sharp competitor of busi-
ness say the other day that he wanted
to quit it all and go to farming, that it
was the most Independent life in the
world.